NOTE - From June we are now looking for individual entries for ARTastic, you may combine your entry with a sketch but we no longer want entries that combine other challenges as we feel the ladies that do the right thing and take the time to enter independent entries are disadvantaged when it comes to winning prizes. If it means we lose a few entries, so be it!

The inlinkz post will go up shortly!

The Design Team have put together some great submissions, so lots of inspiration to share with you all :)

You are going to have to put up with me as the Movie Extra this month as we had a cancellation.

I have been scrapping for about 3-4 years and love everything about the scrapping industry, the on-line stores, challenge blogs, workshops, retreats etc.... I don't have a style to my scrapping as I try a bit of everything and love learning new techniques. I love owning ARTastic Challenge blog and FS2S you can view here, as they have kept me intouch with our scrappy world. I get alot of my inspiration from my Design Team Members, blogs and workshops.

I have just recently taken over ownership of 'Soul Scrappers' which is a Scrapping Ning community that offers challenges, competitions, ATC and Card swaps, Techniques through tutorials and videos. I'm excited about this new venture for 2012 and beyond. If you would like to come and have a look you can get to 'Soul Scrappers' from here.

Here are some of my favourite layouts from 2011.....

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We have some great prizes to win this month, so get your paper and scissors ready :)

I would like to thank all my Design Team Ladies that have submitted amazing layouts and inspiration this year, ARTastic would not be the same without them. Lets make 2012 the best scrapping year ever!!

In Sweden we have a tradition celebrating Saint Lucia in December. I think these kinds of pictures go very well with angels so I took the opportunity to use these pictures of our daughter for this challenge. I thought it would be fun to use this cut-out-paper as a background instead of the traditional way. I used some gesso behind the pictures to make it look like clouds or snow. The instruments and clouds asked for in the challenge are found to the left in the middle (on the background paper). The angel embellie is found to the right of the picture.

hi Shazza, here is my sub for january, i loved the painting, the criteria was tricky but i managed to eventually fit it all on in the end............... i love these older pics of Connor playing his keyboard.... hope its ok

February random draw prize

2nd random draw prize

JANUARY inspiration is Beach Scene by Arthur Streeton

JANUARY entries

JANUARY Prize

JANUARY second prize - if more than 8 entries

Donated by Karen McLaughlin

December 2nd random draw prize

If more than 8 entries

NO WORD VERIFICATION please

Our Creative Team love to leave comments on each and every entry, so please make it easier for them to do so and remove WORD VERIFICATION for your comments. If you choose to use specialist galleries please be aware we may not be able to leave comments for you.

ARTastic is a challenge blog with a difference. We find inspiration in works of art.THE RULES - You don't need to be arty to play along with us - we accept traditional paper, digital, mixed media and off the page creations at any level. International entries are welcome. You may combine with other challenges. Please include our inspirational artwork and a link back to ARTastic on your entry and tell us how you were inspired by our artwork.